Window.



E. HEROUX.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 22222222 y SSSSSSSSSSSSSS 1.

E. HROUX.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1912.

1,085,682, Patented Feb. 3,1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND HROUX, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T0 CHARLES ALBERTMILETTE, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application led August 22, 1912. Serial No. 716,391.

To all 'whom it may 'concern novel construction and arrangement ofparts, whereby the sash 1s supported 1n a` peculiar manner, whichinsures its easy run'- ning with a single weight and cord and at thesame time provides all the conveniences of easement and verticallysliding windows.

The objects of the invention are to devise a new form of window readilyaccessible for cleaning purposes and generally to provide a. window ofthe sliding class easy to 0perate and simple and cheap t-o manufacture.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an inside front perspective view, showingthe lower sash in the open position for cleaning and the upper sash inthe other position. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the windowframe andupper sash. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the supportingbracket and rollers. Fig. 4L is a perspective detail of a rolle1 bearingmember. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the supported side of one ofthe sashes hinged to a sash supporter. Fig. 6 is an elevation of theinner and supporting side of the frame.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the window frame having at one sidethereof the weight cavities 2 behind the vertical slide channels 3 VandLl, the division walls 5 being centrally and vertically recessed at 6.

7 are vertical metal plates rigidly secured to the division wall 5 ateach side thereof respectively, leaving a central vertical slot 8therebetween and forming tracks, said plates 7 termina-ting at the upperend adjacent to the uper end of the recess 6 and at their lower endextending at the bottom of the slide channels 3 and 4.-.

9 are cord pulleys suitably arranged above the recess 6 between thecavities 2 and the slide channels o and 4.

10 is the Vparting strip at the other side of the frame, the upper end0f said strip being permanent and the lower part being secured bythehinges 11 and adapted to turn inwardly within the groove 12 toprovide a flush surface for the inward swing of the sashes.

13 are the inner strips, at one side being Vreadily removable vto allowthe inward swing of the sashes.

14 is a plate bracket having from the rear side toward one end the lug15, forming a bearing` for the rollers 16, and on'the front side towardthe other end the lug 17 forming a bearing for the rollers 18, saidrollers 18 extending through the slots 19. Said plate also has a centerboss 20 on the front side and a threaded hole '2 1 through said boss andplate.

22 is a pivo-t bearing extending from the rear side of the plate 1lbetween the lug 15 and theend of the plate. 23 is a roller journaled onsaid pivot 22 at right angles to the rollers 16.

It will now be seen that when the rollers 16 are inserted in the recess6 above the track plate 7 that the said rollers 16 will travel on theback sides of said plate 7, while the roller 23 will engage the edgefaces of said plate 7 and the rollers 18 the outer sides of said platesthrough the slots 19; therefore there are rollers turning on all tracksurfaces of said plates 7. The plate brackets 14 are supplied in asuilicient number to support the sashes but in the accompallyingdrawings two are provided to a sas 24 and 25 are the upper and lowersashes respectively, each of said sashes having a recess 26 on one sidethereof preferably curved at 27 at each end to the vertical edge face,said recesses having the vertical central grooves 28 and in saidvertical edge face at the upper end having the cord channel 29.

30 are the sash supporters each having a vertical bead 31 entering thegrooves 28 thus forming a protection against the incleniencies of theweather; the said supporters 30 also have the screw holes 32, into whichare inserted the screws 33, said screws being correspondingly threaded'and entering the bosses 20 of the plate brackets 14. The said sashsupporters are recessed at the rear side at 34 and 35 thus providingroom for the rollers 18 and boss 20, as Well as at their upper endsproviding room for the knotted end of the cord 36, which cord ispreferably knotted around or behind the pin 37 extending across the openend of the recess 34.

38 are weights attached to the cords 36 and traveling up and down yinthe weight cavities 2.

39 are hinges connecting the sashes 24 and 25 to the sash supporters 30,so that the said sashes may be swung inwardly.

40 is abearing formed of a short piece of externally'threaded tubehaving the outwardly extending ears 41 at one end, between which aroller 42 is journaled, said bearing 40 being screwed into acorresponding recess 43 at the upper end of the opposite edge face tothe supported side and adapted tofacilitate the operation thereof.

The operation of this window will be readily understood from thedescription of. the details but in order to make it perfectly clearalittle further explanation will be given.

To open the lower sash the said sash is lifted as in any ordinarysliding` window and is held open by the weight of the cord attached tothe sash supporter. In t-he same manner the upper sash may be pulleddowny Copies of this patent may b obtained for ve cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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and is similarly held to whatever position it is placed in, but to openthese sashes inwardly for cleaning or other purposes the removable innerstrip is taken oif and then the lower sash is simply swung` inwardly onits hinges and to do the same with the upper sash the hinged par-t ofthe parting strip is turned into its groove and the said upper sashswung inwardly.

IVhat I claim isz- In a device of the class described, a verticallyrolling bracket formed of a plate adapted to be connected with t-he sashand having roller slots therethrough toward the lower end, a lugprojecting inwardly between said slots, rollers pivotally supported fromsaid lu@ and extending in rotation through said sots, a lug projectingoutwardly toward the upper end of said plate.,

rollers pivotally supported from the upper lug, and metal bars formingtracks adapted to be secured to the window frames at the sash groovesand engaged on one side by the lower rollers and on the other side bythe upper rollers.

Signed at the city and district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada this sixthday of August 1912.

EDMOND HEROUX. lVitnesses HARRY DAVIS, C. PATENAUDE.

